ANALYSIS: Resetting national cabinet provides an opportunity for governments to join up emergency and social services customised to individuals rather than the current disjointed approach.
across all tiers of government.
Customising services and building the infrastructure that puts people at the centre of these systems is tough, grinding work and assumes a connected response that in Australia’s federated system requires tight co-ordination across the tiers of government. The pandemic and the rash of climate-induced catastrophes have seen an important lift in co-ordination and sharing of resources and platforms, but with plenty of room to improve.
Arguably, the model saved Australia from the COVID-19 missteps most evident in the US, where its fraught federal system saw a mishmash of responses and a per capita fatality rate 10 times that of Australia’s. These could be similar to the types of priorities some states have adopted to drive a whole-of-government response to problems such as family violence, children at risk and hospital quality. Usually, this has involved picking a key deliverable that acts as a proxy for broader success, such as the NSW goal to reduce recidivism by 5 per cent by 2023.The pandemic has meant there have been few federation reforms apart from occupational recognition.
“I’ve said this in the past, but with hindsight we shifted too much risk away from government, which is better able to manage it, and put it on citizens,” says Parkinson.
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